Amumu vs Vayne
How to Beat Vayne as Amumu
based on 5,195 Amumu vs Vayne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Vayne Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Vayne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vayne as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Vayne
Despair is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of opponents with the highest Health.
Amumu is highly dependent on teammates, so try laning with your friends for maximum effectiveness.
Cooldown Reduction on Amumu is very strong, but it's often difficult to itemize for it. Grab the Golem buff whenever possible to gain Cooldown Reduction without sacrificing stats.
Advice to Win Against Vayne
Deny Vayne the opportunity to pin you against walls.
Vayne is fragile - turn the pressure up on her and she will be forced to play cautiously.
Amumu vs Vayne Counter Stats
How to Counter Vayne with Amumu in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some strategic Amumu vs. Vayne matchup statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vayne’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vayne. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Amumu typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Vayne. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Amumu and Vayne
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Who is Better, Amumu or Vayne?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Amumu usually loses when trying to fight Vayne, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Amumu makes a poor counter for Vayne.
While Amumu does have a lower winrate compared to Vayne, when they face off with one another, Amumu also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Amumu into Vayne.
Moreover, Amumu has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vayne. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Vayne matchups, Vayne is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Amumu is a somewhat poor counter for Vayne. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Amumu against Vayne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Amumu in order to counter Vayne during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu typically picks up a lot less CS as Vayne. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Amumu versus Vayne build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Liandry's Torment. When Amumu combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Vayne than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Amumu boasted an average win rate of 48.7% when playing against Vayne with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Vayne as Amumu, Amumu players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Amumu vs Vayne matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.7% winrate overall.
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